Electoral wardE05013015
Wales ward, Rotherham
Wales is one of 25 electoral wards of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 9,435 residents in 4,063 households — 417 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rother Valley constituency.
Residents, 20219,435council ward average 10,632
Households4,0632.32 residents per household
Density417/ km²about 22.60 km² · Rotherham 928
Aged 65+21.0%Rotherham: 19.6% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 453
5–95.7% · 534
10–157.9% · 742
16–194.2% · 393
20–244.9% · 461
25–3412.0% · 1,130
35–4918.3% · 1,728
50–6421.4% · 2,015
65–7411.1% · 1,051
75–847.7% · 727
85+2.1% · 201
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.1% · 612
1 car or van39.7% · 1,614
2 cars or vans33.1% · 1,345
3 or more12.2% · 494
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rotherham overall: 63.6% owned, 20.7% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright33.9% · 1,377
With mortgage34.7% · 1,411
Shared ownership0.3% · 14
Social rented15.5% · 631
Private rented15.2% · 619
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house31.0% · 1,258
Semi-detached house45.9% · 1,866
Terraced house18.5% · 752
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 140
Converted house0.2% · 10
Other conversion0.4% · 15
Above shop / office0.5% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013015- Constituency
- Rother Valley
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 25
Parishes in the ward
Harthill with WoodallWales
Other wards in the same constituency
AAnston & Woodsetts27.7% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned12,006AAston & Todwick25.6% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned9,512AAughton & Swallownest19.2% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned8,328DDinnington19.7% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned12,375HHellaby & Maltby West22.9% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned7,906MMaltby East17.6% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned9,477SSitwell25.0% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned12,651TThurcroft & Wickersley South22.4% aged 65+ · 70.1% owned10,034
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.